plotTree.wBars {phytools}R Documentation

Plot a tree with bars at the tips

Description

Function plots a phylogeny in phylogram or fan style with bars at the tips representing the values for a phenotypic trait.

Usage

plotTree.wBars(tree, x, scale=1, width=NULL, type="phylogram", method="plotTree", 
	tip.labels=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

tree

an object of class "phylo".

x

a named vector of trait values (normally > 0).

scale

scaling factor for the tip bars (relative to the total tree height).

width

width of the tip bars.

type

plot type. Can be "phylogram" or "fan".

method

plotting method to use. Can be "plotTree" (for plotTree) or "plotSimmap" (for plotSimmap).

tip.labels

argument indicating whether or not tip labels should be plotted. Defaults to tip.labels=FALSE.

...

optional arguments to be passed to codeplotTree or plotSimmap.

Value

Plots a tree.

Author(s)

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

References

Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.

See Also

plotSimmap, plotTree


[Package phytools version 0.4-60 Index]